Merge branch 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 cache quality monitoring update from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This update provides a complete rewrite of the Cache Quality
  Monitoring (CQM) facility.

  The existing CQM support was duct taped into perf with a lot of issues
  and the attempts to fix those turned out to be incomplete and
  horrible.

  After lengthy discussions it was decided to integrate the CQM support
  into the Resource Director Technology (RDT) facility, which is the
  obvious choise as in hardware CQM is part of RDT. This allowed to add
  Memory Bandwidth Monitoring support on top.

  As a result the mechanisms for allocating cache/memory bandwidth and
  the corresponding monitoring mechanisms are integrated into a single
  management facility with a consistent user interface"

* 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (37 commits)
  x86/intel_rdt: Turn off most RDT features on Skylake
  x86/intel_rdt: Add command line options for resource director technology
  x86/intel_rdt: Move special case code for Haswell to a quirk function
  x86/intel_rdt: Remove redundant ternary operator on return
  x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Improve limbo list processing
  x86/intel_rdt/mbm: Fix MBM overflow handler during CPU hotplug
  x86/intel_rdt: Modify the intel_pqr_state for better performance
  x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Clear the default RMID during hotcpu
  x86/intel_rdt: Show bitmask of shareable resource with other executing units
  x86/intel_rdt/mbm: Handle counter overflow
  x86/intel_rdt/mbm: Add mbm counter initialization
  x86/intel_rdt/mbm: Basic counting of MBM events (total and local)
  x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add CPU hotplug support
  x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add sched_in support
  x86/intel_rdt: Introduce rdt_enable_key for scheduling
  x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add mount,umount support
  x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add rmdir support
  x86/intel_rdt: Separate the ctrl bits from rmdir
  x86/intel_rdt/cqm: Add mon_data
  x86/intel_rdt: Prepare for RDT monitor data support
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
index d76ab3907e2b..b2598cc9834c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ parameter is applicable::
 	PPT	Parallel port support is enabled.
 	PS2	Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
 	RAM	RAM disk support is enabled.
+	RDT	Intel Resource Director Technology.
 	S390	S390 architecture is enabled.
 	SCSI	Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
 			A lot of drivers have their options described inside
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index dad6fa01af95..591d48f3a7de 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3612,6 +3612,12 @@
 			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
 			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
 
+	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
+			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
+			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba.
+			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
+				rdt=cmt,!mba
+
 	reboot=		[KNL]
 			Format (x86 or x86_64):
 				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \